Name meaning & stats
Hosea
Hosea means “to save” (Hebrew origin). 3,615 US babies since 1940, peak 1951.
What it means
“to save”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1951
3,615 US babies were named Hosea between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hosea (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1951)